Tuesday, March 6, 2012

I am so excited to show you our new toy room! I've worked long and hard on this and am SOOO happy to finally have it done! Now maybe I'll be able to actually sleep at night. I feel like it's been the ultimate trash into treasure!

Okay. Are you ready for the before picture? It feels like I'm about to let you see me without makeup on. Hellooooo scary! Just kidding....sort of. Here you go...

*shudder* See? Tan. Catch all room. Beige curtains. BORING. I am embarrassed that this room was ever in my house! Sometimes it can be scary to add color, especially if you are used to neutrals. But let me show you what a little paint and imagination can do!

Can you believe that this is the same room?

Okay. I'll break it down for you now. First, the wall color. I chose:

Valspar Summer Splash for the top halfValspar Citrus Tickle for the bottom half.

I also added some trim half way up the walls. I only hammered my thumb three times!

Then, there was the toy organization issue. Originally, we had these bin things and it just wasn't working. It looked messy and awful. Then I saw THIS on Pinterest and blatantly copied it. :)

And here is the hanging wall art I designed in Photoshop! (Click HERE for the free 8x10 downloads!) The frames were from our local thrift store, Rainbows End, for $1 each. I spray painted them red with Krylon Cherry Red spray paint.

Next is the TV area. Remember the before picture??? (UGH.)

Here it is now! I put the TV on another white cube thing, and put a little bookshelf next to it filled with the kid friendly DVD's. They also each get their own bean bag to chill in. And I have to say, getting them their own color has been AWESOME. We haven't had any fights about who sits in what bean bag. {giving myself a pat on the back here.}

They can also bring their bean bags to the reading area. Eventually I'll get a nicer bookshelf, but this one will do for now! I even brought out my inner librarian and showcased a few books on top.

And above the reading area, a little splash of color.I found all of these felt frames and sign at Walmart for $1.00 each! SUH-WEET! Please ignore the fact that I haven't put real pictures in them yet! Haha!

And now for my favorite part! Remember how I was originally going to make this bench from Pinterest with the coffee table from when we first got married?

And remember how I was originally going to make a giant chalk board wall like this one I pinned on Pinterest? Yeah. Well, it turns out I was going to have to sand down my entire wall until it was flat. And...well...I'm just not THAT ambitious. Bummer.

I want to know where you got your bean bags for the kids! I got Cree one for her Birthday and now all the kids want one but hers isn't really big enough for her so it won't be big enough for Toph. I found bigger one's for $100 and don't want to pay that much. I love your room and hope that i can get mine to look that good some day!!!